| 释义 |
flute /floot/ noun- A woodwind instrument, esp either of two types consisting of a wooden or metal tube with holes stopped by the fingertips or by keys, one type blown from the end through a fipple, the other (also called transverse flute) held horizontally and played by directing the breath across a mouth-hole
- (in organ-building) a stop with stopped wooden pipes, having a flute-like tone
- A longitudinal groove, such as on a pillar (architecture)
- A tall, narrow wineglass
- A shuttle in tapestry-weaving, etc
intransitive verb- To play the flute
- To make fluty sounds
transitive verb- To play or sing in soft flute-like tones
- To form flutes or grooves in (architecture)
ORIGIN: OFr fleüte; ety dubious flutˈed adjective Ornamented with flutes, channels or grooves flutˈer noun flutina /-tēˈ/ noun A kind of accordion flutˈing noun - Flute-playing or similar sounds
- Longitudinal grooving
flutˈist noun same as flautist flutˈy adjective Like a flute in tone flûte-à-bec /flüt-ä-bek/ noun (French) A fipple flute, a recorder or flageolet flute bird noun An Australian bird of the family Artamidae, a type of piping crow (qv) fluteˈmouth noun A fish (genus Fistularia) similar to the sticklebacks |